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The Latest Breaking News from Turkey

After massive Turkey quakes, Istanbul residents fear the next one

Experts say studies suggest that a powerful earthquake is expected to hit Turkey’s largest city soon.

Al Jazeera

Quake aid is political pawn as powers clash over Syria access

Aid deliveries to tens of thousands of Syrians caught up in this week’s earthquake are being hampered by wrangling between rival powers in the country’s more than decade-long war.

Tribune News Service

‘Have we no dignity left?’: the Turkish town forced to dig itself out from the rubble

With few official emergency workers present, earthquake survivors have no choice but to save themselves

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Looting and hygiene worries add to rescuers' burden in Turkey

Volunteers struggling to find ever fewer survivors in the quake-hit Turkish city of Antakya said on Saturday ransacking and hygiene problems were adding to their daunting task.

Reuters

'Victims of Turkey and Syria earthquake need our support now - all of us should help'

Rachael Bletchly says as the days passed after the tragic earthquake earlier this week, images of children being rescued in Turkey and Syria brought tiny flickers of hope amidst the darkness

Daily Mirror

British field hospital mostly staffed by NHS due to arrive in Turkey

UK appeal to support rescue efforts raises £50m as self-sufficient polyclinic expected in disaster-struck country

The Guardian - UK

Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake expected to double as fatalities pass 28,000

Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan promised that rebuilding work on cities would begin ‘within weeks’ as millions are left homeless

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'We were living the dream in Turkey when the unthinkable happened - now we're stuck in a nightmare'

Nicola Jackson, from Tameside, says her family have no idea what to do

Manchester Evening News

‘It’s hell – everyone cries’: UK families of earthquake victims race to their aid

As the scale of destruction from the disaster is revealed, friends and relatives tell of their heartbreak and desperation

The Guardian - UK

Survivors are still being found as the earthquake's death toll tops 28,000

Rescue crews pulled more survivors, including entire families, from toppled buildings despite diminishing hopes as the death toll of the quake in Turkey and Syria surpassed 28,000.

WEKU

'We won't give up' - the Welsh firefighters searching through the rubble of Turkey's devastating earthquake

These people are unimaginably brave and witnessing unbelievable tragedy

Wales Online

Brits urged to donate essentials to help Turkey earthquake survivors

Public asked to donate essentials that can be found in their homes - like first aid kits, power banks and tents

The Independent UK

Search and rescue efforts nearing end in Turkey, U.N. liaison says

"The probability of finding survivors under the rubble in below freezing temperatures is becoming a lower probability."

Axios

Miracle as family found alive in Turkey earthquake rubble as hopes fade for survivors

Rescue workers extricated the family of five from among a mound of debris in the hard-hit town of Nurdagi, in Gaziantep province, where they had been surviving under the rubble for five days

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Reuters

Turkey-Armenia gate opens for first time in decades to allow aid

A border gate between long-feuding Turkey and Armenia has been opened for the first time in 35 years to allow aid for victims of the devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey, state-owned Anadolu news agency and a diplomat said.

The Guardian - UK

Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll likely to ‘more than double’, UN says

At least 24,596 people have been confirmed dead after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck on Monday

Reuters

German groups suspend Turkey quake rescue over security problems

Two German aid organisations suspended rescue operations in quake-hit Turkey on Saturday, citing security problems and reports of clashes between groups of people and gunfire.

The Independent UK

Fundraisers for Syria, Turkey earthquake try to deliver aid

Humanitarian groups working in southern Turkey and northern Syria warn that Monday’s earthquake will have a “long tail.”

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Evening Standard

Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll expected to double as fatalities exceed 25,000, UN aid chief says

‘We haven’t really begun to count the number of dead,’ the UN aid chief said

WEKU

Northern Syria, already ravaged by war, is desperate for aid after the earthquake

In northern Syria, people already displaced by civil war are now suffering from the effects of this week's earthquake. But aid has been unable to reach them.

Football London

Women's football to show support for Turkey and Syria after devastating earthquakes

Women's football will show its support for Turkey and Syria this weekend after devastating earthquakes struck the region

The Independent UK

Finnish president wants Finland, Sweden in NATO by summer

The Finnish president said in an interview published Saturday that he wants Finland and Sweden to be admitted into NATO as full members no later than by the military alliance’s summit in Lithuania in July

The Independent UK

Appeal for Turkey-Syria earthquake rescue efforts reaches £50m

The death toll after the disaster is now approaching 25,000, with thousands more left injured or homeless.

Reuters

U.N. aid chief says world must remember those displaced by quake in Turkey and Syria

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths appealed on Saturday to remember thousands of people who needed shelter and food while rescuers kept searching for survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northwestern Syria.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Woman follows grandfather in helping Turkish victims

More than a century ago, Tsukiko Watari's grandfather helped raise money for victims of a Turkish shipwreck off Japan. She is now following in his footsteps by putting on a charity show to help people affected by the recent massive earthquake in Turkey.

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